ajingle

[ uh-jing-guhl ]

adverb

1. making the sound of something that jingles, clinks, or tinkles: His pockets are always ajingle with coins.

   The silver bells were ringing ajingle.

   His pockets are always ajingle with coins.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ajingle¹

First recorded in 1880–85; a- ¹( def ) + jingle ( def )

Example Sentences

With luck, adroit promotion and an occasional touch of talent, some of the captured quarry end up making the kind of noises that set cash registers ajingle.

From Time Magazine Archive

For all that, Robert Francis Kennedy's pockets are ajingle with the coins of popularity�and, Victor Hugo's sneer notwithstanding, such small change is a politician's most negotiable currency.

From Time Magazine Archive

Telephones were ajingle, and outside in the street a dozen motors were parked.

From Project Gutenberg

Presently the court fool came running in, his fool's cap all ajingle with bells.

From Project Gutenberg

She had married him because he was a cowboy, and because he was a nimble dancer and rode gallantly with silver-shanked spurs ajingle on his heels and a snake-skin band around his hat, and because a ranch away out on Quirt Creek had sounded exactly like a story in a book.

From Project Gutenberg